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Anyone for a nice late season Sail? David10790 at 4:29am 11.27.07 Ask All Sailors 7/1146 Lake Ontario forecast for today. BTW 5 meters is 16 feet.Forecast:..Gale warning in effect..Gal
When do you pop a top on a cold one? CharlieCobra at 4:52am 11.27.07 Ask All Sailors 40/3213 Before, during or after the sail? Myself? If it's a light air nice day, I'll have one but not in a
CDI Furlers joe friedman at 4:58am 11.27.07 Ask A Catalina Owner 5/1389 i'm looking for some fresh thoughts on a CDI-7 for a C-30. i've checked the archives and the respons
St. Pete's Boat Show Roger at 5:02am 11.27.07 Ask All Sailors 1/1023 Is it mostly "Power?" Don't see any mention of "Sail"? This weekend... Roger
Re-masting My Pearson 28 Gus St. Anthony at 5:25am 11.27.07 Pearson 7/2687 I had to have my boat de-masted for a haul from Nc to FL. The mast has probably been on the keel for
have to build a trailer for a mac 25 wade mayo at 5:17am 11.27.07 Ask A Macgregor Owner 9/1398 hi allI am purchasing a 1983 mac 25, I have to build a trailer as no luck in purchasing one, anyone
Talk about a rough day! Bad Obsession at 5:42am 11.27.07 Ask All Sailors 46/3194 This would be a scary day at sea. I guess that a drouge would be a good idea to keep the stern to t
S2 Parts Dianne24117 at 6:31am 11.27.07 S2 0/1810 HELP!!!!! I am in desprate need of a fiddle block that goes on the dagger board of my 7.9. I had to
Oday Widgeon babysmoker at 6:44am 11.27.07 Ask All Sailors 4/1970 I need a sail for my new sailboat. I got a Widgeon on Craigslists las vegas for 50 bucks with traile
Need a Genoa for my 27 oday BradS at 6:58am 11.27.07 Ask An Oday Owner 4/900 Looking for a 110 or better headsail for my oday 27 1976thanks
How to keep cabin doors open? TomMatt at 8:39am 11.27.07 Bavaria 6/2761 We have a 1999 Bavaria 34, 2 cabin yacht. To help keep air flowing through the boat we want to inst
Re-Wiring Spreader Lights Guy at 8:02am 11.27.07 Ask All Sailors 7/4154 I have the mast down on my Bristol 35 and plan on replacing the two spreader lights. The originial o
Swing Keel Jammed Captain Juan at 8:45am 11.27.07 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1216 Hello Forum Members....I am a new 1981 MacGregor owner, first sailboat owner as well. I just boug
Hunter 34 Sling Points Richard at 11:18am 11.27.07 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1034 I just had my boat taken out of the water and the marina put the supports for the boatabout 2 feet
compainonway hatch rotted pcb don at 10:43am 11.27.07 Ericson 0/1663 Just bought my first sailboat, I decided to gut her to redo the mahogany,wiring, etc. The main hatch
Schooner sailing (1) cephius (Dave) at 11:56am 11.27.07 Ask All Sailors 0/1169 In recent posts I've seen the statement "If you can sail a catamaran, you can sail anything!"Prior
Toe rail and hull/deck joint integrity ddt at 4:08pm 11.27.07 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/1736 Does anyone out there know if the toe rails on a 1981 Hunter 22 serve to hold the deck to hull joint
shaft alignment ted at 9:04pm 11.27.07 The Cherubini Hunters 9/2117 If anyone can give me some information on how to move the shaft a little to the port side of the boa
An answer to bridge clearance higgs at 8:52pm 11.27.07 Ask All Sailors 13/1601 I wonder how these guys move the water bags outboard and then back in again.http://ssca.org/DiscBoa
Sailing to weather T/F HAL at 8:21pm 11.27.07 Ask All Sailors 6/1200 True or false? To sail to weather well, a centerboard boat (due to its underwater foil being long an

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Who is successfully using a small solar panel? (less than say, 30 watts) Richard19068 at 12:55pm 11.02.21 BTW, love this forum! Thanks to everyone for your help. I'm researching my solar panel options. I
Who is successfully using a small solar panel? (less than say, 30 watts) berner73 at 12:48pm 11.02.21 @dolchner's point is absolutely spot on. "To really understand how well a charging system is worki
New Hunter 41DS Owner jssailem at 12:46pm 11.02.21 Congrats @dkinzer on your new boat and Welcome to the SBO Forums. Good to have another PACNW sailo
Advice on running solar wires in 1999 H410 (1) Windpilot at 12:30pm 11.02.21 My 99 410 has panels (hard) behind the arch 380w and another 200w on the dodger. Each with it's litt
2007 41DS Water Heater Issue SEMPERAVANTI41 at 12:22pm 11.02.21 I remember removing the mixing valve when I owned a 41without any difficulty, to clean the valve. I
2007 41DS Water Heater Issue Scott B at 12:20pm 11.02.21 I've looked at the plumbing briefly and I know that it is Pex but I don't have much experience wit
Who is successfully using a small solar panel? (less than say, 30 watts) (1) Stu Jackson at 12:03pm 11.02.21 The other question to ask is how much power is actually drawn from the battery each week and what p
2007 41DS Water Heater Issue sail sfbay at 11:35am 11.02.21 Welcome to the forum and congratulations on your new sailboat!! You are doing an excellent job work
Battery box over prop shaft Scott T-Bird at 10:54am 11.02.21 I think it looks like a good location. I assume that clearance under the cockpit might be limiting.
Battery box over prop shaft Jaxn at 10:39am 11.02.21 That would work fine and it is best to keep the batteries close together and the jumpers between the
Marelon Seacock fail! jssailem at 10:32am 11.02.21 Not surprised. Send them a link to this thread. They are probably not enlightened as to the number o
Outboard weight on a San Juan 21 jssailem at 10:21am 11.02.21 With all things boat, there are compromises. On the waters of lake Coeur D'Alene the 4hp light wei
I think I just bought a 30. rpell1@msn.com at 9:45am 11.02.21 Offer accepted. 1979 in great shape, though I've yet to see the bottom. Why is the Bimini so low?
SAE 2-pin vs MC4? jeepbluetj at 9:44am 11.02.21 The SAE connector is also polarized, so no problem there. Most of them have covers to keep them clea
H260 Furling Main Sail Tedd at 9:40am 11.02.21 I don't know if this boat model has a good set of baby stays to support it sideways. The H260 comes
Advice on running solar wires in 1999 H410 SailorFrank at 9:39am 11.02.21
H260 Furling Main Sail isaksp00 at 9:35am 11.02.21 From my experience with the H23 the issue is less that you have to overcome the weight of the mast t
25-II throttle cable replacement Nunavut at 9:24am 11.02.21 If anyone is looking for ysm8 / ysm12 Yanmar exhaust parts, here are the part numbers: Manifold Gas
Advice on running solar wires in 1999 H410 JamesG161 at 9:10am 11.02.21 Look here for your H410 Solar panels and more... Hunter 410 solar panel replacement But that OEM d
25-II throttle cable replacement (1) Nunavut at 9:08am 11.02.21 Last part of the exhaust setup, is the muffler. I have what I think is the original waterlift muffl

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